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A UK high court ruled on Monday that the British government's controversial plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was lawful.
In-depth: Viewed as targets for deportation rather than claimants of asylum, Sub-Saharan African migrants find themselves at a crossroads of racial profiling, police brutality, and violent pushbacks.
The NRPF policy, known as the No Recourse to Public Funds policy, pushes immigrants to the poverty line. Nearly 1.4 million people in the UK are thought to have been affected by the NRPF, including up to 200,000 children.
Sonya Sceats commends Mo Farah for sharing his traumatic story and pushing focus on modern slavery. The athlete is a an antidote to the xenophobic rhetoric of politicians and the media, we should seize this moment to fight for migrants, she writes.
Lawyers defending the UK government's controversial Rwanda deportation scheme argued in court on Wednesday that the Home Secretary has clear legal powers to send asylum seekers to a 'safe' third country.
In-depth: Last week, a five-day judicial review took place to assess the lawfulness of the UK government's Rwanda deportation policy. Evidence from the United Nations and references to a previous Israeli deportation scheme were critical to the case.
Organisations working with refugees and migrants at the French-English border say the increased 'militarisation' of the border is pushing people to take ever greater risks.
In-depth: The UK government's decision to send asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing has bought debates about the failings of British immigration policy to the fore -but examples of a just and workable system are scarce.
UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss confirmed on the British broadcaster Sky News that a flight to Rwanda carrying asylum seekers will be 'sent later' today, despite protests from right groups and legal challenges.
The UK government's plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda for resettlement, built on the recently passed Nationality and Borders Bill, is the epitome of its cruel immigration regime and an indictment of British "values", writes Siobhán McGuirk.